novelraw Chapter 291 - 256: Dark Demon King and the Remnant Wang Miao (2)
Chapter 291 - 256: Dark Demon King and the Remnant Wang Miao (2)
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[Experience +1]
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[Experience +1]
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Keep in mind, Kaya and the others had all reached the Third Realm. Even if it was the weakest level of the Third Realm, it was still the Third Realm. They used this failed Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box at their fastest possible speed.
Around the clock.
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[Failed Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box Level 1: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000 (Upgradeable!) (...)]
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In just one day,
it had been used a billion times.
He had gained a billion Experience Points.
"Upgrade!"
Xu Qing commanded.
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[Upgrade Successful!]
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[Upgrade Successful!]
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[Upgrade Successful!]
[Failed Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box Level 10: 489,000,000/512,000,000 (Upgradeable!) (This was originally a failed Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box with a total of 1,080 errors. However, after nine upgrades, all 1,080 errors have been completely repaired. It is now a successfully refined Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box.)]
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BZZZT!
In a short time,
Xu Qing had upgraded the Level 1 failed Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box nine times, bringing it to Level 10. The power of the Encyclopedia of All Things had turned decay into wonder.
"It’s a success."
An extremely satisfied smile appeared on Xu Qing’s face.
His right hand opened.
A black iron box, ten centimeters on each side, floated in the center of Xu Qing’s palm. The box had six faces, each carved with various, incomparably profound patterns. It emanated a bizarre aura, as if it could devour any soul.
The Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box.
This was an extremely special Law Artifact.
After Xu Qing upgraded it to Level 10, he could go no further. Since it was a Third Realm item and Xu Qing himself was at the Third Realm, he could only upgrade it to Level 10. Beyond Level 10, the item would undergo a qualitative change, break free from his control, and become impossible for him to suppress.
Thus,
Third Realm items could only be upgraded to Level 10, Second Realm items to Level 20, and First Realm items to Level 30.
Now,
Xu Qing had figured out the function of the Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box.
First,
the term "Mother-Child."
In fact,
among the many types of Deceit, there was one known as Mother-Child Deceit. It was ranked by strength, from lowest to highest: Mother-Child Deceit, Three-Child Deceit, Six-Child Deceit, and Nine-Child Deceit.
Mother-Child Deceit consisted of one mother and one child. Three-Child Deceit had one mother and three children. Six-Child Deceit had one mother and six children. The most powerful, Nine-Child Deceit, had one mother and nine children.
The "Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box" was derived from a Law and mystic art of this particular Deceit. It was divided into a Mother Box and Child Boxes. The one Xu Qing had refined was a Child Box.
Naturally,
there was also a Mother Box.
The Mother Box controlled the Child Boxes.
Next,
the term "Nine Spirit."
As the name implied,
the "Spirit" could refer to nine people, nine types of items, nine types of Spirituality, and so on.
As long as one found nine different "Spirits" and refined them into the Child Boxes, the one in control of the Mother Box could completely devour all nine Spirits and convert them into their own Power.
In other words,
if this special Law Artifact, the Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box, was used for a righteous purpose, it would naturally be a rare Treasure. But if used for an evil path, it was an out-and-out Evil Artifact.
The key to whether it was evil or a treasure lay in what kind of nine "Spirits" were refined into the Child Boxes.
"Heh."
Xu Qing put away the Child Box. After a moment of contemplation, he said calmly, "It seems the Prince’s Consort, Yue Yun, is not as simple as she appears."
「Meanwhile.」
At almost the exact same time
that Xu Qing upgraded the Child Box to Level 10 and successfully Refined it...
"Hahaha..."
On the 9th Layer of the Cangzhou Prefecture,
there
stood a mansion.
The view zoomed in.
This mansion was named: the Wang Mansion.
Deep within the Wang Mansion,
in the basement.
SWOOSH!
A figure cloaked in black opened his eyes, his face filled with ecstatic joy. He had sensed that the ninth Child Box had been successfully refined.
"Success! It’s really a success!!!"
The view zoomed in.
It was a middle-aged man with a dignified face.
In addition,
on the right index finger of this dignified middle-aged man was a black ring with a skull on it. A black Primordial Spirit surged out from the ring, forming the shape of a sinister-looking old man.
"Very good."
The sinister old man revealed an excited expression and said, "As long as this succeeds, you will be able to devour the ’Nine Spirits,’ completely solidify your foundation, master the One Hundred and Eight Types of Law, and step into the rank of Venerable Ultimate."
"When that time comes,"
"you will have the hope and opportunity to enter the ’Fourth Realm’ and master the Power of ’Law’."
"Yes, Teacher."
The dignified middle-aged man nodded.
SWOOSH!
A black mist spread.
The next moment,
the dignified middle-aged man vanished.
To begin with the history,
the Wang Mansion,
or more accurately, the ’Wang Family’...
Five hundred years ago,
the Wang Family was one of the Three Great Families in the Cangzhou Prefecture. The only ones who could stand on equal footing with them were the Zhuge Clan and the Xia Family.
However,
a major event occurred on a night five hundred years ago.
The Marquis’s Mansion, in league with the other two great families and the forces of numerous other top factions, surrounded the Wang Family. In a single night, the once-lofty Wang Family was annihilated.
There was only one reason given.
A ’Dragon Robe’ was discovered in the Wang Family’s possession, and they were charged with the crime of treason. Emperor Yongwu of the Great Zhou Martial Country issued a Holy Decree to slaughter the Wang Family.
The Wang Family was, indeed, wiped out.
But,
no one expected that...
a member of the Wang Family’s Direct Lineage was wandering abroad. When he returned, he found his family destroyed. Consumed by rage, he didn’t dare to act rashly.
And this member of the Direct Lineage was the dignified middle-aged man from before.
His full name: Wang Miao.
In his extreme anger and grief, Wang Miao activated the ’Dark Magic Ring’ in his hand, and the soul of the ’Dark Demon King’ sleeping within it awakened.
From then on,
Wang Miao took the Dark Demon King as his master.
Five hundred years passed.
Wang Miao rebuilt a Wang Mansion on the 9th Layer of the Cangzhou Prefecture, but no one ever suspected that this mansion was established by a remnant of the Wang Family that had been exterminated five hundred years ago.
To this day,
Wang Miao has cultivated the ’Dark Demon Technique’ taught by the Dark Demon King and has now reached the level of a ’Venerable Great Power,’ just one step away from becoming a ’Venerable Ultimate.’
In order to break through as quickly as possible,
so,
at the Dark Demon King’s instigation, Wang Miao targeted the Refiners of Cangzhou Prefecture, specifically the Peak Refiners.
First,
Wang Miao himself was already a Peak Refiner with an exceptionally Extraordinary Artifact Refining Skill. With the Dark Demon King’s help, he successfully refined the ’Mother Box’ of the ’Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box’.
Afterward,
Wang Miao found an opportunity to control Cangba Dao’s Consort, Yue Yun, and had her approach the Peak Refiners of the Cangzhou Prefecture.
The rest was simple.
Yue Yun would find these Peak Refiners, have them refine a ’Child Box’ of the ’Mother-Child Nine Spirit Box’, and then gift them a ’Pattern Technique’.
The ’Child Box’ was difficult to refine, but not impossible. After all, it was only a ’Child Box’, not the ’Mother Box’. A Peak Refiner was capable of forging it.
However,
the moment a ’Child Box’ was successfully refined,
the trap Wang Miao had laid would spring.
Because,
the ’Pattern Technique’ that Yue Yun gifted them was also a setup.
BZZZT! BZZZT! BZZZT!!!
The next moment,
on the 9th Layer of the Cangzhou Prefecture,
streaks of light descended from the sky. There were ten streaks in total. Eight of them were the eight Peak Refiners. Of the remaining two, one was Yue Yun, and the last, naturally, was Wang Miao.
They descended from the sky.
Their speed was incredible.
In the blink of an eye,
they had already set foot on the first layer of the Cangzhou Prefecture.
"They got here pretty fast."
Xu Qing’s gaze was calm. He had sensed the enemy’s arrival.